1. Maeda Tsunanori was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 4th daimyo of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
11 Facts About Maeda Tsunanori
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Maeda Tsunanori was the 5th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
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Maeda Tsunanori's mother was the daughter of Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito Domain.
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Mitsutaka died in 1645 at the age of 29, leaving the domain in the hands of his 2-year-old son, and by order of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tsunanori's uncle, Maeda Toshitsune was named regent.
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Also in 1658, Toshitsune died, and Maeda Tsunanori was finally able to take full control of the domain at the age of 15.
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Maeda Tsunanori established a more systematic approach to famine relief and to medical care within the domain.
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Maeda Tsunanori revised the domain laws which had been very severe since the time of Maeda Toshiie's suppression of the Ikko-ikki.
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Maeda Tsunanori settled a long-simmering border dispute with Fukui Domain over who "owned" the holy mountain of Hakusan on the border of the two provinces.
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Maeda Tsunanori was a noted patron of the arts, especially favoring the performance of Noh plays in the domain.
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Maeda Tsunanori amassed major collection of Japanese and Chinese literary works.
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Maeda Tsunanori retired from public life in 1723 and died in 1724 at the age of 80.